Paladin Problem #10

Eldritch Cultist: WITNESS THE APATHY OF THE UNIVERSE YOU CARE SO MUCH FOR! Cultist unleashes a vision of horrific cosmic indifference:

Paladin:

Paladin: Was that supposed to do something? I mean, sure it's upsetting, but.

Eldritch Cultist: WHy aren't you insane? Gone blind from the horror? Turned into tentacle slurry? Something!?

Paladin: I and the Ideals and Powers I serve are the engine and the hands thought which the cosmos shows it cares. So long as there is just one of me, then you have lost.

Paladin: So now that we're done wasting time.

SMITE

Paladin: Fudge, I've got calamari all over my tabard

ok

so the undead knight appeared to tell me I broke my oath after fighting Nere and accidentally killing a gnome because they were STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLEFIELD AND I SOMETIMES ATTACK MY SQUAD-MATES BECAUSE I SUCK AT FIGHTING OKAY?!?!?!

yea...

had a whole ass "debate" with some dude bc he just doesnt like HOW solarpunk is anti establishment

bro just wants grimdark dystopian bullshit like we have always seen

"it's just trees / star trek"

tell me you dont understand what a good civilzation looks like without telling me

solarpunk is EVERYTHING other types of punk are... except it is bright.

what is wrong with that???

honestly as someone who has been in various fandoms for a long time now and who also watched campaigns 1 and 2 without really getting into cr fandom it isn’t Shocking but it is annoying how often people will look at the stories that cr tells and make absolute claims about the goodness of characters (goodness here meaning Moral goodness, not I Like This character and think it’s well made goodness, which is a separate post entirely). particularly regarding the gods and pc parents. and honestly like, typically in fandom i get annoyed by people bending over backwards to woobify characters who are active in their choice to be unkind and generally horrible but in the cr fandom it’s tended to be the opposite where like. a character is just. a human being (in the sense of being Average not in the sense of Fantasy Races) and huge swaths of the fandom act like that’s the most unforgivable thing someone can be. and maybe it is, but one of the most powerful things about fiction is that it tends to encourage people to expand their empathy and exercise their ability to forgive. because fictional characters, no matter how much people like to project onto them, tend not to cause anyone harm, so it’s easier to learn how to forgive and accept things you don’t understand without also villainizing them.

this is mostly prompted by the recent 4sd and the fact that matt’s response to what’s up with the dawnfather was a very insistent “He’s not bad!” and also seeing the online reaction to the mention that the matron would punish vax for saving keyleth that has taken the as usual completely bonkers tune that the raven queen (Who When Met With A Brother Asking A God To Kill Him In Favour Of His Sister, Gave Him A Job, and Later Extended His Natural Life To Help Protect The World And Have More Time With His Family And Allowed Him To Visit His Sister On Her Wedding Day) is a horrible evil abusive bitch of a god. like. can we grow up? can we understand the world and fiction that represents the multitudes of experiences found in it in shades of grey? is that too much to ask (i know it is).

but also specifically the like Extremely Adamant way that both matt and laura were like no no no no relvin isn’t Horirble he’s average. he’s not good he’s just. he’s A father, not a good or bad one. and on the surface it’s hilarious that they’re both so like. enthused to point out that he’s Average because typically when people respond to a claim of a characters badness with the level of immediacy they both did it’s a rebuttal of “no, this character is good actually.” but it was just to affirm that relvin did harm imogen, but not because there’s some aspect of his character that is inherently cruel or especially Bad. and like. yeah actually. yeah you should react like that to a claim that this average person who Has hurt someone, the way that nearly every single person has hurt someone in a way they cannot repair, with immediacy to say this person is a Person and thus imperfect and capable of great harm, but that isn’t some all encompassing judgment on their morality or capability to also do good or be fine.

anyway this is kinda just a rant post but also is just me saying i’m very grateful that when surrounded by a fandom that tends to paint characters as Good or Bad and even while using a game that can encourage that with its alignment system, cr has always told stories that see goodness as a persistent choice that might sometimes falter and that can be chosen even after a lifetime of Badness. i can’t remember exactly what the quote was so forgive me if it’s incorrect but when jester is talking to caleb after he claims he’s not a very good person and she says “good people do bad things sometimes. even bad people do good things.” that’s it! that’s one of the most consistent themes across campaigns. and yet.

"It's what I was taught... I don't know if it was right..."

Remake of this

Miwi is gonna get me through this. I will learn to animate and it is going to kill me, but these guys are adorable

Canon Outfits --

WHM & PAL BTN & WVR

(It's gotta have pockets!)

:)

"yOu haVE bRoKEN yoUr oaTh, pALAdiN"

(That'll be 1000 gold)

DURGE MOMENT

they are a warlock named Mordryn n they need blood

huh isnt it kinda neat how that quiet guy who started working in the dingy diner across the street last week kinda looks like Takashi Shirogane? haha thats one cool coincidence am i right

A brawl breaks out in a fantasy tavern.

A gang of wizards playing pool get involved. One of the wizards breaks his pool stick in two, using it as a wand, another transmutes their pool stick into a staff, and the last one enlarges the 8-ball to use as an orb.

The cleric and the warlock are dueling with broomsticks.

The ranger pulls out a gun, but the artificer responds by pulling an entire cannon from their bag.

The Druid has turned themselves into a rat and scurries away, as the bard kicks the shit out of a magic music box for stealing her job.

The barbarian and the Way of the Drunken Master monk have somehow found their way behind the counter, and are drinking like there’s no tomorrow. The rogue is back there too, but they’re just stealing shit.

The fighter is having the time of their life, and the paladin is actively looking for the rogue.

The sorcerer is already dead, presumably killed by the wizards.

Playing a drow in bg3 bc I love them and holy shit everyone is SO casually racist to my pc (even the tieflings!!! Another historically persecuted race!!! I expected it at least from the bitchy wood elf druid lady but the tieflings???)

I kind of want to just restart emrys so I can play her again more perfectly this time... kill even MORE fiends and such. but also I speedran grymforge a bit & the thing is that. emrys rolls up to moonrise towers already have a deep-seated and intense paladin-specific beef with ketheric. babygirl heard that he was 1. an evil paladin 2. broke his paladin vow to TWO gods prior 3. was like That and decided Actually, I'm going to project All of my own personal issues and insecurities onto you. And then I'm going to kill you. and then she still offered to spare him. so I need the buildup to that from grymforge. you see.

This playthrough I swear I will NOT let Astarion bite me, I mean this character has no intention of romancing him so I should just tell him to go eat rats and-

*lets Astarion bite them*

DAMNIT IM SO WEAK